Key Terms
This term refers to the fast and intense military attack strategy used by Germany during WWII.
What is Blitzkrieg?
This was a failed U.S. invasion that contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The invasion of this country by Germany in 1939 is considered the start of WWII.
What is Poland?
This was erected by the Soviets because of a brain drain to West Berlin (and thus the West).
What is the Berlin Wall?
He led the Soviet Union during WWII and was known for his role in the Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The doctrine that both the U.S. and Soviet Union would not launch a nuclear attack due to guaranteed death is known as what?
Mutually Assured Destruction
This event in 1941 marked a surprise attack by Japan, leading the U.S. to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is known as what?
What is D-Day?
The term for the relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and USSR during the 1970s.
What is Detente?
This Cuban leader was at the center of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This term describes the economic system where private ownership and free markets prevail.
What is Capitalism?
This U.S. policy aimed to provide aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Pacific battle in 1942 was a major turning point that shifted the balance to the Allies.
What is the Battle of Midway?
The Truman Doctrine outline this policy towards communism that was followed long after he left office.
Containment
This leader led the U.S. during the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and support of the South Vietnamese in Vietnam.
John F Kennedy
Gorby tried these policies in the 80's. They didn't work.
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
This the U.S. response to a Soviet attempt to force the Western powers from resupplying West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This government controlled southern France after the fall of France, much to France's eventual embarrassment.
What is Vichy France?
Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
This leader led the USSR until it eventually dissolved.
Mikhail Gorbachev
These are the names of the two alliances, one for the West, one for the Commie east that were created during the Cold War.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
Neville Chamberlin is known for this policy that did not age well.
What is appeasement?
Put the following events in order:
--Battle of Britain
--Invasion of Poland
--Fall of France
--Pearl Harbor
--Stalingrad
--VE Day
--VJ Day
Invasion of Poland, Fall of France, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, VE Day, VJ Day
Put the following Cold War events in order:
--Fall of Berlin Wall
--Berlin Airlift
--Vietnam War ends
--Korean War ends
--Creation of Berlin Wall
--Cuban Missile Crisis
--Detente
--Berlin Airlift
--Korean War Ends
--Creation of Berlin Wall
--Cuban Missile Crisis
--Detente
--Vietnam War Ends
--Fall of Berlin Wall
This leader of North Vietnam was a key figure during the Vietnam War.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?